As a local resident and…

As a local resident and regular cyclist, I strongly support the removal of the bike lanes on Bloor Street West. Despite the frequently referenced, scientifically skewed statistics the city has touted regarding the benefits of the bike lanes, we have personally seen our commute times increase dramatically and we have stopped frequenting certain local businesses in Etobicoke because there is no longer anywhere to park and/or the travel times are now too long. Unfortunately, we have seen one of these businesses go out of business in that time due to a loss of customers, and we are also reducing our spend on after school programs with local businesses as traffic takes us too long to get our children to these activities on time directly from school. This represents an economic loss to our community, and a reduced quality of life for our whole family. As a regular cyclist, I feel considerably less safe on the newly installed Bloor bike lanes than I did when there were 4 lanes of traffic due to their design and therefore avoid it as much as possible when riding.